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Brazilian lawmakers query data protection authority about new WhatsApp privacy policy

By Ana Paula Candil
  • 23 Feb 2021 17:33
  • 23 Feb 2021 17:33
WhatsApp's new privacy policy, scheduled to be adopted in May in Brazil, has prompted lawmakers to ask the national data protection authority whether the updated policy violates data holders' privacy rights.
Formal questions, disclosed at the Chamber of Deputies' website, will be sent to Brazilian presidential Chief of Staff Onyx

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Ana Paula Candil

Senior Correspondent, Latin America


Ana Paula joined MLex in Brazil in 2014 writing about antitrust investigations and merger reviews. Prior to that, she worked for several trade publications and in TV. She lived in Washington DC, where she worked for Al Jazeera English in 2010. She studied journalism and holds a postgraduate diploma in International Business Management from the George Brown College in Toronto and a Master of Business Administration diploma in government relations from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

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